Last resorts, library closures and special arrangements

Last updated: 11 November 2024

All libraries are supplying as normal unless listed below.

Christmas Closures:

Friday 20th – YDH

Monday 23rd – EJC, STR, YDH

Tuesday 24th – EJC, EXE, MPH, STR, WOT, YDH

Wednesday 25th – all closed

Thursday 26th – all closed

Friday 27th – D08, EJC, EXE, FRM, H27, LIT, MPH, RCH, STR, W11, WARN, WLL, WXM, YDH

Monday 30th – FRM, H27, LIT, MPH, W11, WARN, WLL, WXM, YDH

Tuesday 31st – FRM, H27, LIT, MPH, WARN, WLL, WXM, YDH

Wednesday 1st – all closed

Friday 3rd – W11

For SWIMS Network libraries, please email [email protected] if your status changes, and this list will be updated as soon as possible.

AYL	Has left the SWIMS Network – please do not apply.
BBH	BBH library now closed. All stock has been transferred to CLN.
EJC	Visited once per fortnight for printed stock; normal service for ejournals.
H07, H11, H16	H07 – visited once per week for printed stock; normal service for journals (no print journals). H11 – library is now permanently closed. All stock has been distributed to H04 or H05. H16 – visited two or three times per week for printed stock; normal service for ejournals (no print journals).
HGM	HGM are not staffed for the moment and we are not able to make scans for document supply. For book stock see http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk select Health Care Libraries – Horton General Hospital). This library is permanent last resort.
LIT	We can supply books and articles from stock but there may be a longer turnaround than usual.
NBS	48-hour turnaround.
NOC	NOC are not staffed for the moment and we are not able to make scans for document supply. For book stock see http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk select Health Care Libraries – Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre) This library is permanent last resort.
OXU:JR	OXU:JR are not staffed for the moment and we are not able to make scans for document supply. This library is permanent last resort.
OXU:KC	OXU:KC are not staffed for the moment and we are not able to make scans for document supply. This library is permanent last resort.
PLY	Unable to supply print books published in the current year.
RDI	Library is now closed permanently – please do not apply.
SLH	Staffed Tuesdays only; please treat as last resort.
STR	Visited once per fortnight for printed stock; normal service for ejournals.
SWASFT	Last resort until further notice. For South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust, please apply to PLY Plymouth (Discovery Library). Please state it is a SWASFT request when applying.